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1. Mark with an "x" where you feel your target audience currently stands on the issue (before reading/watcing/hearing your argument) below:
←----------------------------------x------------------|--------------------x------------------------------------->
Strongly Totally neutral Strongly
agree
disagree
[My article is written for people who may already have an opinion, but are still able to be persuaded by my article. If they are too far to either side, nothing will be able to change their minds.]
2. Now mark with an "x" where you feel your target audience should be (after they've read/watched/heard your argument) below:
←----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------x---------------->
Strongly Totally neutral Strongly
agree
disagree
[I want my readers to oppose spanking, but I'd be naive if I didn't say that maybe someone could read something or have a personal experience that could make them suddenly believe in spanking.]
3. Check one (and only one) of the argument types below for your public argument:
____x___ My public argument establishes an original con position on an issue of debate.
4. Briefly explain how your public argument doesn’t simply restate information from other sources, but provides original context and insight into the situation:
The main reason that my piece is an original contribution to the controversy is that it includes my personal views and experiences. Instead of using the same statistics and expert views that most other writers have used, I focused on how I view the controversy. Using a more informal genre, I was able to speak candidly and focus more on the points that I was making rather than analyzing what other people are saying.
5. Identify the specific rhetorical appeals you believe you've employedi n your public argument below:
Ethical or credibility-establishing appeals
__x__ Telling personal stories that establish a credible point-of-view
__x__ Adopting a tone that is inviting and trustworthy rather than distancing or alienating
___x__ Openly acknowledging counterarguments and refuting them intelligently
___x__ Appealing openly to the values and beliefs shared by the audience
Emotional appeals
___x__ Telling personal stories that create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate
___x__ Employing an appropriate level of formality for the subject matter
___x__ Use of imagery to create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate
___x__ Employing an attractive color palette that sets an appropriate emotional tone
__x__ Employing an engaging and appropriate tone of voice for the debate
Logical or rational appeals
___x__ Effective organization of elements, images, text, etc.
6. Below, provide us with working hyperlinks to THREE good examples of the genre you've chosen to write in. These examples can come from Blog Post 11.3 or they can be new examples. But they should all come from the same specific website/platform and should demonstrate the conventions for your piece:
[Note: these examples all have hyperlinks, but almost all of them link to other articles by the same author. Since I have no other articles for this website, I don't have anything to hyperlink to.]
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